Wreck the rink

Thanks to Leo at TheChive.com for the derby demon image above, and thanks to the derbutantes for this delight -

Gosh I love a good sub-culture.

With a clear recollection of the LA T-Birds Mexican spitfire

Little Ralphie Valladeres ramming through the pack

when roller derby was regular fare on Melbourne TV in 1960, I canardly wait till

The Derbytantes Brawl Rocks The 'Rat on 29th November.

I wouldn't miss it for the world.

Rough-housing and
great clothing choices are the key elements of the derby dames.

Get a look at The Nutcrackers team.

If you don't get to the Rat Wreckery, try to rent a dvd of Raquel Welch's

killer Kansas City Bombers movie (the

girl version of the fabulous Slap Shot)

it will get you in the frame to enjoy Drew Barrymore's first directorial effort WHIP IT

out here soon, and you don't have to thank me for this alert to the zeitgeist.

Just remember you read it here before Catherine Deveny columns it.

Bunker Hill update

So hot today the kangaroos went into the dam (click for zoom-in).
That's the 6AM view West from my bed in Western Victoria that I woke up to this morning (just as I saw a fox). The Waubra wind turbines are on the horizon and have red flashing lights in the night. Below is the view from the table I'm sitting at now. My week in the paddocks is done and I was loathe to leave.

Meanwhile over atMarshall Stacks there is evidence of the innocence of Colin Hay.

Blogger On A Cast Iron Balcony

Overlooking the marina at Cannes 1976. This photograph shows a person who has just eaten their first ever croissant, and bowl of milk coffee. Later that day she did a favour for Rockin Reggie Vincent who played on 'School's Out' and he hugged her. Not a bad Brush-With-Fame. Please tell me all about yours ...

Regional Art Deco

This is the frock salon of Walter Davis in the Bridge Mall of Ballarat.
A symphony of silver and black.
Inside the store has pressed Wunderlich metal walls, and all the original old cabinetry like glove drawers and the glass doors on the cabinets where lovely gowns once hung, and a row of chandeliers for lighting. Ballarat Courier's photo of the interior. Follow link for their 2004 story.
This is what the facade looked like in 1938 when Ballarat went crazy for it's centenary -

good old days indeed,

as this is yesterday's unglamorous and chilly street scene.

09-09-09

NINE
Deep Space NINE
The Law Of NINES
Revolution No: 9
and he was born on the 9th -

dear Dr. Winston O'Boogie said of Revolution No 9

"I think it was the best thing I've ever done".

(I should have cropped the murderer out of that picture. dear John.)